1. “I was disappointed in the primary that no one was running. I was encouraged to do a write-in campaign in the primary. I’ve served eight years myself and lived in the borough for 15 years.”

2. “I didn’t have plans to run in the beginning of the year, so I don’t have any long term goals or plans. I’m just going to do what I did the first time around.

“I want to bring back the Veterans Outreach Program. I want to bring back the junior councilman seat and put someone in there right away. I hope to represent Bangor the same way as I did the first time.”

3. “Regionalization of a police department has its pros and cons. We’d save money. But if we were to regionalize, it shouldn’t be with Upper Mount Bethel Township but with Roseto and East Bangor. When they go off duty, we would be on duty. I didn’t think regionalization was a prospect.”

1. “For many reasons, it was a learning experience. We were all write-in during the primary. But I had a lot of people telling me to please keep going. I want to help people.”

2. Brown said his goals are to help eliminate truck traffic on Broadway in accordance with the current ordinance, control speeding on the streets, work with police and code officers to enforce current ordinances on properties, set up a community policing program, work with Northampton County Drug Task Force to fight the drug trade in Bangor, make the mayor more accessible to the people, improve the quality of life for residents of the borough and look for ways to make the buildings more energy-efficient.

3. “No regional police. Maybe team up with Roseto and East Bangor for purchasing and training purposes. It’s a good thought, but we have a lot of problems here that they can focus on.”